- Easy Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Navy Quotes
On fleets, sailors, and life after service.
This page gathers historical and personal reflections on naval life, from early arguments over building a competitive fleet to sharp observations about class divides among sailors. For related themes, see the American quotes page.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Planned
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.
- Physician
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied at the Hebrew University Medical Faculty, graduated, and was an Israel Defense Forces' combat physician on a Navy ship.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my opinion the greatest advantage we can at present expect from our Navy; for at this early period We can not expect to have a Navy to cope with the British.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sort of East Coast, so I like the off-white and the navy blues and the low-key preppy kind of thing.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
My stepfather was in the navy, so I got to know a side of Chile that is not what you would expect from an artist.
- Left
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Taking command of HMS Portland is definitely the highlight of my 16 years in the Navy. It is a challenge that I am fully trained for and ready to undertake.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
On 9/11, 2001, the Navy stood at 316 ships. By 2008, after one of the great military buildups in American history, we were at 278 ships and had 49,000 fewer sailors.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a wide spectrum between a Navy SEAL hero-killer and a traumatized victim, but those are the archetypes - hashed and rehashed in the media, in popular culture, in the minds of people with a lot of preconceived notions but not much else.
- Enlisted
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I felt it necessary to be part of the war effort and I enlisted in the Navy to be a flyer.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their process. We do not select. Navy officers select.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scaling back the U.S. fleet of 14 nuclear-armed submarines to eight would maintain a robust deterrent at sea while generating billions in savings and easing pressure on the Navy's shipbuilding budget.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020